• 생명과학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.554-560
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• 2011

제지폐수의 효율적인 생물학적 처리와 폐수특성에 적합한 미생물제제의 개발을 위하여 토양 및 산업폐수로부터 방향족 화합물에 분해활성이 높은 KN11, KN13 및 KN27 균주와 세포 외 섬유소 가수분해효소 생산 균주 GT21 등의 균주를 분리하였다. 형태학적, 생리학적 및 생화학적 분류를 통해 이들 분리주 KN11, KN13, KN27 및 GT21 등은 Acinetobacter sp., Neisseria sp., Bacillus sp., Pseudomonas sp.와 유사한 것으로 판명되어 최종적으로 각각 Acinetobacter sp. KN11, Neisseria sp. KN13, Bacillus sp. KN27, Pseudomonas sp. GT21로 명명하였다. 제지폐수 중 난분해성 물질과 COD 증가원인 물질을 분석하고자 GC/MS를 이용하여 방향족 화합물 및 그 유도체들을 검출하였다. 분리균주 Acinetobacter sp. KN11, Neisseria sp. KN13, Bacillus sp. KN27 및 Pseudomonas sp. GT21의 균체로 구성된 미생물제제 J30을 제조하여 제지폐수의 효율적 처리를 위한 연구에 사용하였다. 미생물제제 J30의 제지폐수에서 COD 제거를 위한 최적온도와 pH는 각각 $30^{\circ}C$와 7.5였으며 배양 60시간에서 최대의 COD 제거효율을 나타내었다. 실험실 규모의 pilot plant에서 미생물제제 J30의 COD 제거효율은 87%의 높은 제거효율을 나타내었다.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.375-381
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• 2004

본 연구는 수도권 매립지에서의 침출수 처리 방류수와 같은 특수한 수질 내에서 우수한 생장의 갈대(Phragmites australis)를 선별하여 침출수 처리 방류수의 자연정화 방법 및 처리 효율을 확인하기 위해 실시하였다. 침출수 처리 방류수에 대한 우수 갈대의 선발을 위해 13개의 갈대 서식지로부터 수집한 갈대를 침출수 처리 방류수에서 배양하며 영양염류 제거, 생태-생리학적인 반응 및 생장율 등을 조사하여 선별하였다. 본 실험에서는 침출수 처리 방류수 내에서 우수한 생장을 나타낸 갈대와 자연계에서 분리한 도우미 미생물(효모, 유산균 및 광합성 세균 등)을 조합한 갈대-상(床; reed-bed)에 침출수 처리 방류수를 연속적으로 공급하면서 체류 시간 및 식재 밀도 차이에 따른 침출수 처리 방류수의 수질 정화 효율을 확인하였다. 침출수 처리 방류수를 공급하며 약 5주 후에 갈대-상을 통과한 배출수 수질을 분석한 결과, 색도(chromaticity)는 약 $29.5{\sim}36.9\%$. 총질소(T-N)는 약 $49.4{\sim}67.2\%$, 총인(T-P)은 약 $42.1{\sim}94.6\%$, 생물화학적 산소요구량($BOD_5$)은 약 $74.5{\sim}88.8\%$, 화학적 산소요구량($COD_{Mn}$)은 약 $15.6{\sim}20.8\%$, 총 고형물질(TDS)은 약 $17.5{\sim}35.4\%$ 그리고 염도(salinity)는 약 $15.3{\sim}34.7\%$ 등으로 감소되었다. 또한 체류시간은 생물화학적 산소요구량을 감소시키고 질소 및 인의 제거에 영향을 주었고 식재밀도는 인의 제거에 영향을 주었다. 이러한 결과로 갈대-상을 통해 처리된 생물학적 처리 배출수의 수질이 침출수 처리 방류수의 수질에 비해 향상되었음을 확인하였다.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.99-106
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• 2014

Fish larvae are immediately exposed to microbes from hatching to maturation of their lymphoid organs, therefore effective innate mechanisms is very important for survival. However, the knowledge of the development of immune system in fish is limited and in demand now. In vertebrates, recombination-activating gene 1 (RAG-1) and immunoglobulin M (IgM) have been considered as very useful markers of the physiological maturity of the immune system. In this study, the expression of the both genes was assessed throughout the early developmental stages of olive flounder larvae (5-55 dph) and used as markers to follow the development of immune system. RAG-1 and IgM mRNA expression was detectable at 5 dph and remained so until 55 dph. These patterns of expression may suggest that the olive flounder start to develop its function around 5 dph. Tissue distribution was found that both genes mRNAs are only expressed in the immune-related organ such as spleen, kidney and gill. The early detection of IgM mRNA led to the investigation of its presence in oocytes. Both RAG-1 and IgM mRNA transcripts were detected in unfertilized oocytes, suggesting that they are maternally transferred. The biological significance of such a phenomenon remains to be investigated.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.537-546
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• 2016

The development of models for agriculture systems, especially for crop production, has supported the prediction of crop yields under various environmental change scenarios and the selection of better crop species or cultivar. Crop models could be used as tools for supporting reasonable nutrient management approaches for agricultural land. This paper outlines the simplified structure of main crop models (crop growth model, crop-soil model, and crop-soil-environment model) frequently used in agricultural systems and shows diverse application of their simulated results. Crop growth models such as LINTUL, SUCROS, could provide simulated data for daily growth, potential production, and photosynthesis assimilate partitioning to various organs with different physiological stages, and for evaluating crop nutrient demand. Crop-Soil models (DSSAT, APSIM, WOFOST, QUEFTS) simulate growth, development, and yields of crops; soil processes describing nutrient uptake from root zone; and soil nutrient supply capability, e.g., mineralization/decomposition of soil organic matter. The crop model built for the DSSAT family software has limitations in spatial variability due to its simulation mechanism based on a single homogeneous field unit. To introduce well-performing crop models, the potential applications for crop-soil-environment models such as DSSAT, APSIM, or even a newly designed model, should first be compared. The parameterization of various crops under different cultivation conditions like those of intensive farming systems common in Korea, shortened crop growth period, should be considered as well as various resource inputs.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.1383-1389
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• 2008

This paper investigates the attitudes of medical users toward Korean oriental medicine and traditional Chinese medicine and their future demand. The subjects are 404 university students both in Korea and in China. The items that were questioned in this paper were the attitudes toward Korean oriental medicine and traditional Chinese medicine, the experience of using the medicine, the reason they used the traditional medicine, the factors that made them satisfied with the medicine, and the future plan for using the traditional medicine. The reason the university students were selected as subjects was that they have more possibilities as future users of the traditional medicine. This paper show that Chinese students have more positive attitude toward the traditional medicine than Korean students. The Koreans' experience rate of using the traditional medicine was comparatively high and the subjects in both the countries used the western medicine for the symptoms of a cold and dental problems. For the illness of stomach, Korean and Chinese subjects used the traditional medicine and the western medicine half and half. This paper presented the subjects with the common 14 diseases that they can have and asked which medicine they will use when they have the diseases. The results of analysis indicate that the subjects tend to use different medical institution according to the diseases. The subjects in Korea and China selected different medical institution for the same disease. From the analysis of the questionnaire, it can be seen that there are some differences between Koreans and Chinese in using the medical institution, which results from the difference in medical culture and the relationship between the traditional medicine and medical users could be figured out.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.740-745
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• 2008

Although the demand on 'Ki' training because of the increased interest in health, there has not been an established theory and system in 'Ki' training from the perspective of oriental medicine. Therefore, many training associations are in operation without sound basis. The general use of the terminology 'Kigong' is the influence of China. As it was distributed to the general public through the translation and introduction of Chinese Kigong theory, the genuine Korean YangsaengKigong was not emphasized but it was included in or considered as the second-class to the Chinese Kigong. The purpose of the study was to establish and review YangsaengKigong based on our traditional ideologies. Korean Yangsaengkigong can be defined as the training method nurturing mind, energy, body based on the Sambeob training method such as Pause of thinking, Modulation of breath and Prohibition of sensibility with the goal of Yangsaengkigong, good health and long life and the maximum service for the benefit of humanity. Although this study can identify the differecnes between Korean Yangseangkigong and Chinese kigong through Korean traditional ideology, we could not develop this study to the necessity of ideological background of medical Kigong and concrete methodology of Yangsaengkigong and our traditional ideology because of scarce literature on Korea and Korean traditional ideologies. For the purspose of the study, we need cooperation between Studies of Korea, Studies of National History, and Oriental Medicine.

• 한국실내디자인학회논문집
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.11-20
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• 2010

User-oriented Design is necessary in planning the interior design of Metropolitan Railroads trains, since this is a typical means of transportation in this modem society and all ages people with different body scale use this facility. However, there are little studies about facility panning and zoning of Metropolitan Railroads train considering users. Therefore, in this study, after completing the checklist based on the current legal standards of facility installation of South Korea and Japan, we examined user's facility and suggest several improvement of the opening 14 metropolitan railroad lines in Seoul. Then, we evaluated this facilities according to 41 standards; general facility(24 standards), safety facility(4 standards), guide facility(11 standards), other facility(4 standards). The result of this study may be summarized as follows. 1) General facility has to be designed to obtain lots of room for storage and this facility should be fixed up tightly with secure system. 2) Safety facility should be designed to minimize a difference of floor-level between threshold of train and ground. Also, using various color and material could help passengers to distinguish different space and facility. 3) Guide facility should be designed to guide passengers to the accurate direction with proper sign design in the pathway of Metropolitan railroad train. Also, more various color, which based on the research about physiological and psychological effect, should be used to guide people. 4) Other facility should equip more visual system using common good and informative contents. Through this study, we try to understand the current interior physical condition of Metropolitan Railroads trains. However, for future studies, it is expected to supplement evaluation standards considering aesthetic design, environmental improvement of indoor air quality and the satisfaction and demand of Metropolitan Railroads trains.

• Journal of Computing Science and Engineering
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.246-256
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• 2011

Due to the increasingly aging population, there is a rising demand for assistive living technologies for the elderly to ensure their health and well-being. The elderly are mostly chronic patients who require frequent check-ups of multiple vital signs, some of which (e.g., blood pressure and blood glucose) vary greatly according to the daily activities that the elderly are involved in. Therefore, the development of novel wearable intelligent systems to effectively monitor the vital signs continuously over a 24 hour period is in some cases crucial for understanding the progression of chronic symptoms in the elderly. In this paper, recent development of Wearable Intelligent Systems for e-Health (WISEs) is reviewed, including breakthrough technologies and technical challenges that remain to be solved. A novel application of wearable technologies for transient cardiovascular monitoring during water drinking is also reported. In particular, our latest results found that heart rate increased by 9 bpm (P < 0.001) and pulse transit time was reduced by 5 ms (P < 0.001), indicating a possible rise in blood pressure, during swallowing. In addition to monitoring physiological conditions during daily activities, it is anticipated that WISEs will have a number of other potentially viable applications, including the real-time risk prediction of sudden cardiovascular events and deaths.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.36-41
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• 2006

Dongchunghacho rice, produced by cultivating Dongchunghacho fungus on rice, could be an effective functional food because it offers added value to rice and thus increases rice consumption. However, the physiological effect of Dongchunghacho rice has not been reported yet although there is increasing consumers demand. Therefore, we investigated the effect of Dongchunghacho rice (unpolished rice cultivated with Cordyceps militaris) on lipid metabolism in hyperlipidemic rats. Forty of 8 wk-old male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into four groups after a 1 week of adaptation period and fed either a normal diet (66% polished rice diet, NC), high fat (12 g/100 g)-high cholesterol (1 g/100 g) diet with 53% polished rice (HC), or high fat-high cholesterol diets supplemented with 30% of the total rice as either unpolished rice (DR) or Dongchunghacho rice (DR). After 4 weeks, rats fed the Dongchunghacho rice diet with high fat and cholesterol had dramatically lower plasma LDL cholesterol concentrations and atherogenic indexes and higher plasma HDL cholesterol levels compared with the rats consuming polished rice or unpolished rice with high fat and cholesterol diet. Dongchunghacho rice led to less total lipid and total cholesterol accumulation in liver. However, these significant reductions in plasma or hepatic lipid profiles were not closely correlated with fecal total lipid or total cholesterol excretion. The plasma concentration of total cholesterol and triglycerides were not affected by Dongchunghacho rice. This hypolipidemic effect of Dongchunghacho rice seemed to be unrelated to unpolished rice itself, because the plasma and hepatic lipid profiles of DR group were not different from that of the HC group. These results suggest that unpolished rice containing cultivated Cordyceps militaris can improve plasma and hepatic lipid profiles in rats fed with high fat-high cholesterol diet.

• 한국주거학회논문집
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.37-45
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• 2009

For the young period, privacy is a crucial factor in establishing one's own identities, values and relationships. The capacity of residential environment to protect individual's privacy takes considerable part in influencing psychological and physiological development of adolescents. This study analyzed adolescents residential values and the elements of spatial plans for the passage and outdoor in Apartment Design Competition of Suwon A district in 2008. One hundred and ten middle and high school students living in Metropolitan area were selected and questionnaire was conducted during February 7 to February 15 in 2009. The data was analyzed by SPSS 11.0 program using one-way ANOVA and crosstab. The study results were summarized as follows; First, the adolescents valued 'safety' the most, regardless of their age and gender and the safety of adolescents commuting should be considered. Second, protecting their own private territories was next important element among other elements. Privacy can be protected by using movable walls, changing the doorway, dividing parents' and adolescents independent territory. Third, in terms of convenience, choosing location of children's room and walking way should be considered. Forth, from the survey, demand for indoors leisure activity was highly valued and required for aesthetic point of view. Considering the sculptures and facilities must satisfy the aesthetics and practicality. Fifth, in terms of social needs, 61.6% of people answered positively to the community facilities for social relationship. Residential environment affects enormous part of adolescents emotional and academic development. Therefore, designing residential areas for adolescents friendly should reflect the demands for safety, territory, convenience, aesthetic and social life.